Legal Clinic

A free legal clinic for low-income residents will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Tavares Community Center on East Caroline Street.Lake County residents may meet with an attorney and receive free legal advice. In addition, low-income people who need continued representation may be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel.Appointments are required for the clinic. To schedule one, call (352) 343-0815. Local attorneys who will be participating include Jodi Anderson, Peter McLeod, Lou Tally and Patricia Wilson.

Free legal clinics for Deferred Action applicants Florida International University and University of Miami law students will be providing free legal clinics throughout the state to help young people eligible for deferred action apply for the program. One will take place Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Barry University School of Law, 6441 E. Colonial Drive. To schedule an appointment or get more information, visit fldream.org or call the Florida Immigrant Coalition at 888-541-2826 or 305-571-7254.

A free legal clinic for low-income Lake County residents will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Tavares Community Center, 100 E. Caroline St. Low-income residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. Persons who need continued legal representation can be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel. Free legal clinics are several times a year as a service to the community. They are jointly sponsored by Greater Orlando Area Legal Services and the Lake County Bar Association.

EUSTIS - The Lake County Bar Association and Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. will sponsor a free legal clinic for low-income residents in Lake County this month.Low-income residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. In addition, low-income people who need continued legal representation can be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel.The clinic will be at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Eustis Senior Center, 301 W. Ward Ave. An appointment is not necessary.

EUSTIS - The Lake County Bar Association and Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. will sponsor a free legal clinic for low-income residents in Lake County this month.Low-income residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. In addition, low-income people who need continued legal representation can be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel.The clinic will be at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29 at the Eustis Senior Center, 301 W. Ward Ave. An appointment is not necessary.

The Osceola County Council on Aging is stretching its boundaries with a $120,000 expansion that will make way for a new health-care clinic.Builder's stakes outline the 4,200-square-foot expansion, which will double the size of the multipurpose room, freeing up three rooms to accommodate the 700-square-foot clinic.In the multipurpose room, seniors will have more space for everything from tap dancing and card-playing to bingo and mingling.A small kitchen also will be added, and the day-care center for seniors needing constant supervision will get a little more elbow room.

There are some serious questions to consider now that defrocked televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker appear to be considering inking a six-month lease to stay at Mount Dora's Highlander Resort:Does this mean a name change for the resort? ''Praise the Highlander,'' perhaps?Will the Bakkers be required to obtain a conditional-use permit from federal and state environmental agencies to store Tammy's cosmetics?Will the Bakkers open the resort for Sunday covered-dish suppers and Wednesday night fund-raisers?

A free legal clinic for low-income residents will be offered from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Leesburg Senior Center, 1211 Penn St. Residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. Appointments are necessary. Call (352) 343-0815.Topics will include wills, estate planning, probate, trusts, health care, Medicaid planning, Social Security disability, housing, landlord-tenant, contracts and more.Women voters league sets focus on lakesThe League of Women Voters of Lake will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Leesburg Community Building, 109 E. Dixie Ave.David Walker of the St. Johns River Water Management District will talk about lake level management for the Harris Chain of Lakes.

Osceola residents will have a chance today to get more than they pay for: Free legal advice.The Osceola County Bar Association and the Greater Orlando Legal Services are offering a free legal clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Osceola Senior Center on Shady Lane between Kissimmee and St. Cloud. Six lawyers will be available to meet with people for up to 20 minutes and give advice on matters of any kind. No appointment is necessary.This session should not be confused with the regular monthly advice sessions offered to senior citizens at the center, said Tom Copeland, one of the lawyers who will be on hand Thursday.

A local attorney known for championing the legal rights of poor and minority residents has won an award for his work and the opportunity to be honored by the state's highest court.Harley Herman has been tapped to receive the 5th Judicial Circuit's award for providing free legal services to low-income residents, Tavares-based attorney Robert Williams said Monday.Herman will be honored for his pro bono work next year in Tallahassee during a ceremony for the winners from each of Florida's 20 judicial circuits.

A free legal clinic for low-income Lake County residents will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Tavares Community Center, 100 E. Caroline St. Low-income residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. Persons who need continued legal representation can be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel. Free legal clinics are several times a year as a service to the community. They are jointly sponsored by Greater Orlando Area Legal Services and the Lake County Bar Association.

Auditions for the IceHouse Theatre's production of Forever Plaid are scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the playhouse, 1100 N. Unser St., Mount Dora. Casting calls for four male actors who can sing lyric tenor, baritone or bass.Auditioners must have strong music-reading skills and the capability of handling the extreme close harmonies which form the basis of this salute to the 1950s singing groups. Participants are required to prepare a ballad and uptempo song for the audition.

A free legal clinic for low-income residents will be offered from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Leesburg Senior Center, 1211 Penn St. Residents can meet with an attorney and obtain free legal advice. Appointments are necessary. Call (352) 343-0815.Topics will include wills, estate planning, probate, trusts, health care, Medicaid planning, Social Security disability, housing, landlord-tenant, contracts and more.Women voters league sets focus on lakesThe League of Women Voters of Lake will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Leesburg Community Building, 109 E. Dixie Ave.David Walker of the St. Johns River Water Management District will talk about lake level management for the Harris Chain of Lakes.

A free legal clinic for low-income residents will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Tavares Community Center on East Caroline Street.Lake County residents may meet with an attorney and receive free legal advice. In addition, low-income people who need continued representation may be referred to Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. or to a volunteer lawyers panel.Appointments are required for the clinic. To schedule one, call (352) 343-0815. Local attorneys who will be participating include Jodi Anderson, Peter McLeod, Lou Tally and Patricia Wilson.

Mount Dora will celebrate National Poetry Month with a poetry reading from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the W.T. Bland Public Library.Local poets of all ages are invited to read their own original works, and others can read classics, old favorites and contemporary poems.Poets who wish to read at this event may register between 1:30 and 2 p.m. at the library, when sequence and time limits will be determined.Hosts will be Leilani Greenly of Forester Haven at (352) 383-9741 and Warner Brown of Mount Dora at (352)

A local attorney known for championing the legal rights of poor and minority residents has won an award for his work and the opportunity to be honored by the state's highest court.Harley Herman has been tapped to receive the 5th Judicial Circuit's award for providing free legal services to low-income residents, Tavares-based attorney Robert Williams said Monday.Herman will be honored for his pro bono work next year in Tallahassee during a ceremony for the winners from each of Florida's 20 judicial circuits.

Auditions for the IceHouse Theatre's production of Forever Plaid are scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the playhouse, 1100 N. Unser St., Mount Dora. Casting calls for four male actors who can sing lyric tenor, baritone or bass.Auditioners must have strong music-reading skills and the capability of handling the extreme close harmonies which form the basis of this salute to the 1950s singing groups. Participants are required to prepare a ballad and uptempo song for the audition.

Mount Dora will celebrate National Poetry Month with a poetry reading from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the W.T. Bland Public Library.Local poets of all ages are invited to read their own original works, and others can read classics, old favorites and contemporary poems.Poets who wish to read at this event may register between 1:30 and 2 p.m. at the library, when sequence and time limits will be determined.Hosts will be Leilani Greenly of Forester Haven at (352) 383-9741 and Warner Brown of Mount Dora at (352)

The Osceola County Council on Aging is stretching its boundaries with a $120,000 expansion that will make way for a new health-care clinic.Builder's stakes outline the 4,200-square-foot expansion, which will double the size of the multipurpose room, freeing up three rooms to accommodate the 700-square-foot clinic.In the multipurpose room, seniors will have more space for everything from tap dancing and card-playing to bingo and mingling.A small kitchen also will be added, and the day-care center for seniors needing constant supervision will get a little more elbow room.

The Osceola County Bar Association, Greater Orlando Area Legal Services Inc. (GOALS) and the Council on Aging Legal Task Force are co-sponsoring a Free Legal Advice Clinic tomorrow, 9 to 11 a.m. at the Osceola Senior Citizens' Resource Center, 1099 Shady Lane, Kissimmee.The clinic is open to the public. All Osceola County residents will have the opportunity to meet with local attorneys and obtain free advice. In addition, low-income people who need continued representation may be provided with a free attorney through GOALS or a volunteer lawyers program of the Osceola County Bar Association.